I hope this note finds you safe and healthy and that you have enjoyed some outdoor time. The Conservancy is glad we made it through hurricane season with little fanfare, considering the harms these storms exact on trees growing in our conservation areas.
This newsletter provides quick updates about our ongoing works to monitor, manage, and protect this coastal region’s most precious assets: natural habitats and the plants, wildlife, and ecosystem services they protect in return. Andy Wood, our habitat manager, shares more about our on-the-ground works, and I hope you will consider his appeal for your financial support to help support our work that, in truth, provides public benefits too precious to ignore.
NENHC’s stewardship area encompasses some thirteen thousand acres (20 square miles) within the geographic region framed by US Highway 17 to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Mason Inlet (Wrightsville Beach) to the south, and Scotts Hill to the north. Within this “service area” are tidal marshes, barrier islands, and the watersheds of four tidal creeks— Futch, Pages, Little, and Howe.
At this time, NENHC is responsible for the management and protection of approximately 1,400 acres, more than 10% of the area in which we operate, owned in fee simple or held with protective conservation easement.
Thank you for your engagement with NENHC and for your consideration of a financial donation to support our important work.
Sincerely,
Paula Bushardt, NENHC President